Looking At The Bible Story Of Salvation

The Story of Salvation

The Bible is one of the most popular and yet misunderstood books in the world. It is possible to know a lot about the Bible without really understanding the Bible and how it all fits together. God could have written the Bible so only Greek scholars or theologians could understand it. Instead it was written in a very plain way so that it could be understood by anyone who wants to know its contents.

We are going to take a big picture view of the Bible—particularly with respect to the matter of salvation. Sometimes it is easy to see the “trees” and miss the “forest.” This lesson looks the forest! We will learn some things about the Bible itself, about God, man and the devil. We will see how God has developed His plan for saving men and what men must do to be saved.

By The Numbers

66 Books: 39 Old Testament Books 27 New Testament Books

1500 Years to Write (1450 BC - 100 AD)

40 Different Writers

6 Major Empires

3 Different Continents

3 Different Languages:

Hebrew

Aramaic

Greek

By The Numbers

66 Books: 39 Old Testament Books 27 New Testament Books

1500 Years to Write (1450 BC - 100 AD)

40 Different Writers

6 Major Empires

3 Different Continents

3 Different Languages:

8Key Passages

help us identify the one great theme of the Bible

Key Passages8 Text

GodTwo Important Facts

About God:

He is the CreatorHe has Authority

Main CharactersGenesis 1:1

Key Passages8 Text

We are made in God’s image. We

possess a spirit that continues on after

death.

Main Characters

God

ManGenesis 1:1

Genesis 1:26-27

Key Passages8 Text

SatanSatan is opposed to God and leads men

into sin.

This puts men in conflict with

God!

Main Characters

GodMan

Genesis 1:1Genesis 1:26-27

Genesis 3:1-7

Sin Separates Us From God

"Your eyes are too pure to approve evil, and You can not look on wickedness with favor…"

Habakkuk 1:13

"…your iniquities have separated you from your God; and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear."

Isaiah 59:2

“all have sinned and fall short of the glory of

God”Romans 3:23

"You were dead in trespasses and sins"

Ephesians 2:1

"the wages of sin is death"Romans 6:23

We cannot pay aprice to redeem ourselves!

Our situation is desperate:• We have violated God’s

law.• We are separated from

God.• We are under a death

penalty.

Key Passages8 TextGod is at work to

remedy the sin problem:

Three Promises To Abraham

LandNationSeed

Genesis 1:1Genesis 1:26-27

Genesis 3:1-7Genesis 12:1-3

"In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed."

Genesis 22:18

Key Passages8 TextThe Prophets

Announced

New CovenantForgiveness Of Sins

Isaiah 53:4-6A coming Savior who

would bear our sins...

Genesis 1:1Genesis 1:26-27

Genesis 3:1-7Genesis 12:1-3

Jeremiah 31:31-34

"In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed."

Genesis 22:18

Key Passages8 Connecting

The Old Testament Seed Promise with The New Testament

Jesus Christson of

Davidson of

Abraham

Genesis 1:1Genesis 1:26-27

Genesis 3:1-7Genesis 12:1-3

Jeremiah 31:31-34Matthew 1:1

Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He

does not say, "And to seeds," as of many, but as of one, "And to

your Seed," who is Christ.Galatians 3:16

Key Passages8 “Behold, the

Lamb of God who takes

away the sin of the world!”

Genesis 1:1Genesis 1:26-27

Genesis 3:1-7Genesis 12:1-3

Jeremiah 31:31-34Matthew 1:1

John 1:29

First five books of the Bible written

Isaiah’s Prophecy Written

Birth of

Jesus

Death of

Jesus

700 Years Before Christ!

1400 BC 700 BC 1 AD 33 AD

Christ’s Death in Prophecy

5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.

6 All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

8 He was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.

10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed.

11 By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities.

Christ’s Death in Prophecy

FROM ISAIAH 53

The Lamb of God…“The Son of Man did not come to be served,

but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."

Matthew 20:28

"For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the forgiveness of sins."

Matthew 26:28

And you know that He appeared to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin.

1 John 3:5

…A Ransom

"Do not think I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but fulfill."

Matthew 5:17

You were redeemed "with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot."

1 Peter 1:19

SanctifiedSinner

He was declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead.

Romans 1:4

Christ’s death, burial and resurrection are the heart of the gospel!

This important command was among the Lord’s last words just before He went back to heaven!

And He said to them,

"Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature."

Mark 16:15

Shortly after Jesus was raised from the dead, He gave His disciples…

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.

Romans 1:16

"In your seed all the nations of the earth will be blessed." Genesis 22:18

"…when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power."

2 Thessalonians 1:7-9

How?How do I obey the gospel?

What must I do?

If we died with Him, we shall also live

with Him.2 Timothy 2:11

To live, we must

die!

The fundamental question is...

When do I die to sin?

Shall we continue In sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?

Key Passages8 Our final text

answers the question of

“When do I die to sin?”

Genesis 1:1Genesis 1:26-27

Genesis 3:1-7Genesis 12:1-3

Jeremiah 31:31-34Matthew 1:1

John 1:29Romans 6:1-23

Romans 6:1-2

"Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?"

Romans 6:3

It was in His death on the cross that

His blood was shed for our sins.

It was in His death on the cross that

His blood was shed for our sins.

"We were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should

walk in newness of life."

Romans 6:4

It was in His death on the cross that

His blood was shed for our sins.

"For if we have been united together in the likeness of His

death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection."

Romans 6:5

It was in His death on the cross that

His blood was shed for our sins.

"Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of

sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin."

Romans 6:6

It was in His death on the cross that

His blood was shed for our sins.

"For he who has died has been freed from sin. Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we

shall also live with Him."

Romans 6:7-8

It was in His death on the cross that

His blood was shed for our sins.

"Regard yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Therefore do not let sin reign

in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts."

Romans 6:11-12

It was in His death on the cross that

His blood was shed for our sins.

"Though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered.

And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness."

Romans 6:17-18

It was in His death on the cross that

His blood was shed for our sins.

"Having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life…the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is

eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Romans 6:22-23

It was in His death on the cross that

His blood was shed for our sins.

"We were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should

walk in newness of life."

Romans 6:4

To be baptized into Christ

is to die with Christ!

It was in His death on the cross that

His blood was shed for our sins.

To be baptized into Christ

is to die with Christ!

Have you died with Christ?If not, do you want to die with Christ and have new

life in Him?

But first…

Jesus said, "…count the cost…" (Luke 14:27-28)

• "the Lord added the saved to the church" (Acts 2:47)

• "baptized into one body" (1 Corinthians 12:13)

• "one Lord, one faith, one baptism" (Ephesians 4:5)

• "continued steadfastly" in worship (Acts 2:42)

• "must worship in spirit and truth" (John 4:24)

• "not forsaking the assembling" (Hebrews 10:25)

• "be faithful unto death" (Revelation 2:10)

COUNT THE COST!

One more thing: The Parable of the Sower (Luke 8:4-15)

The 4 kinds of soils are 4 kinds of hearts:

1. wayside soil: never receives the word

2. rocky soil: receives the word

…no root, in time of temptation falls away

3. thorny soil: receives the word

…cares of the world choke the word

4. good soil: receives the word

…keeps it, bears fruit with patience

Which heart are you?

Finally…

God has expectations of you...and so do we:

• He expects you to be present at worship.

• He expects you to live a godly, moral life.

• He expects you to read your Bible so you can grow.

• He expects you to pray regularly to Him.

• He expects you to study with other Christians.

• He expects you to be subject to the church elders.

• He expects you to be faithful to His Son Jesus.

God expects commitment!

It was in His death on the cross that

His blood was shed for our sins.

To be baptized into Christ

is to die with Christ!

Do you still want to die with Christ and have

new life in Him?